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Writer’s Block 25th March 2016

admin April 3, 2016

Morgan’s first guest on the centenary weekend is the Gutter Bookshop’s Bob Johnston. Bob is one of the presenters of the Bookish podcast and has been a book seller for over 20 years. This week, Morgan’s in-studio guest is Skerries author Patrick…

Writer’s Block 26th February 2016

admin March 10, 2016

Morgan returns to Dublin Castle to visit Caoimhe Creed and her team of young writers as they host a public reading of their work in the castle’s Chapel Royal (2 mins 13 secs). This week’s visiting writer is Paul Rooney. He and…

Writer’s Block 22nd January 2016

admin January 29, 2016

Amy Herron, events co-ordinator of the Irish Writer’s Centre, once again joins Morgan to discuss what’s in store for 2016 at Parnell Square (15 secs). This week’s visiting writer is Swords native Seán O Halloran (11 mins 40 secs).

Writer’s Block 27th November 2015

admin November 29, 2015

Morgan O Reilly welcomes Olivia Smith and Kevin Barry to the show to talk about the newly published Irish arts journal Winter Pages, off which they are editors in-chief (1 min 50 secs). This week’s visiting writer is Dublin born and bred Kenneth…

Writer’s Block 23rd October 2015

admin November 2, 2015

Morgan O Reilly is joined in studio by children’s author Mary Shiel to discuss her latest books Piper’s Pet Shop, of which, all of the proceeds will go to the LauraLynn foundation (2 mins 50 secs). This week’s visiting writer is Dublin poet Paul Murray.…

Lingo Festival – Stephen James Smith

Paul October 29, 2015

A poem and an interview by Stephen James Smith at the Tongue Fu spoken word event as part of the opening night of the Lingo Festival on Friday Oct 16th 2015 in The Workman’s Club, Dublin. Interview conducted by Morgan O’Reilly of…